Rolling eye set for dolls



Feb. 13, 1934. KQNOFF 1,947,296

ROLLING EYE SET FOR DOLLS Filed Feb. 27, 1931 INVENTOR ALEXANDER KONOFF iz w ATTOR EYS Patented Feb. 13, 1934- STATES PATENT OFFICE ROLLING EYE SET FOR DOLLS Application February 27,

13 Claims.

This invention relates to dolls eyes, and more particularly to eyes of the universally movable or rolling type.

Rolling eyes for dolls have been known in the toy art for very many years, but have never proved widely popular because of the increased cost of manufacturing the same and the decreased strength and dependability of the resulting eye set. They have also proved unsatisfactory because of close working tolerances. For example, in many rolling eye sets the side to side or horizontal oscillation of the eye members is permitted by cutting a slot at the side of the eye member in order to clear the horizontal cross rod, the latter being desirable for providing accurate alignment and vertical oscillation of the eye members. The side to side movement of the eye members may frequently expose a portion of the aforesaid slot, with consequent unsightliness.

Accordingly, one of the primary objects of the present invention resides in the provision of a rolling eye set which, while permitting vertical oscillation about a horizontal cross support, will nevertheless not require cutting away of the sides of the eye members so that the desired approximately hemispherical shape of the same may be fully retained. With this object in view the cross support is made with a horizontal bearing portion about which the vertical oscillation takes place, and vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, while th portions of the cross support intermediate the vertical and horizontal bearing portions are bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members about the vertical bearing portions without interference by the cross support. The horizontal bearing portion is preferably located at the center of the cross support, while the vertical bearing portions are located within the eye members at the ends of the cross support. The central bearing portion may take the form of a stub shaft or short length of rod, while each end and intermediate portion may be made from a unitary pi ce of heavy sheetmetal shaped and bent to a Ushaped configuration, theadjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft, and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions.

Because of numerous factors arising in connection with the manufacture of the dolls head itself, such as the nature or" the material worked With, uneven shrinkage of the same, non-unii'orin frazing of the eye members, and others viich need not be enumerated, the eye openings or eye sockets are not located with uniform pre- 1931. Serial No. 518,621

to the rims of the eye openings. It is, therefore,

further desirable to permit of relative orientation or rotation of each of the eye members about a horizontal axis passing from the front to the rear of the head. Accordingly, further objects of the present invention are to make possible these various desirable adjustments of the eye set, and to this end the outer sides of the U-shaped portions of the cross support are suitably weakened to permit of relative adjustments of the vertical bearing portions and the eye members mounted thereon, such as relative rotation or/and relative orientation or/and change in spacing.

To retain a close and satisfactory fit between the eye members and the eye openings during their universal or rolling movements, it is essential that the cross support remain true and that the various bearing portions remain in accurate alignment with one another and with the centers of curvature of "the eye members. It is therefore essential that the cross support be exceedingly rigid'in construction so that the desired accurate alignment will not be lost during the previously outlined adjustments. To fulfil thisdesideratmn'is a further objector the present invention, and to this end not only are the U- shaped portions made of relatively heavy and rigid sheet metal and the stub shaft joined thereto by forcing the end of the same through the adjacent sides of each U, and the outer sides weakened to facilitate adjustment, but further and more impontantlythe said U-shaped sheet m tal portions further include depending arms which intersect in Y shape and are either made integral or securely welded together so as to hold the entire cross support rigidly in assembled relation. These arms may extend upwardly instead of downwardly, in order to clear the stub shaft or central bearing portion so that the latter may be satisfactorily mounted for oscillation, but the downward arrangement is preferred for a reason next described.

An additional desirable adjustment of the eye set relates to the permitted upward oscillation of the eye members when the eyes are opened as by holding the doll in an erect position. At this time the eyes should be accurately centered in the eye openings, and it is therefore necessary to adjust the eye set not only for relative horizon, but also for absolute horizon. To provide this adjustment the depending arms which intersect in a V or Y shape are also provided with a depending foot which is made bendable. This foot bears against the front wall of the dolls head when the eyes are in their opened position, and by bending the same slightly in a forward or backward direction it is readily possible to adjust the open position of the eyes after the eye set has been completely installed in place.

The movement of the eyes is obtained by mean of a weight or pendulum system. Still another object of the present invention is to greatly simplify the gravity weight or pendulum system and at the same time to insure accurate movement of the eye members in unison. With this object in view each of the eye members is provided with an arm which projects rearwardly and downwardly from the same, and these arms are pivotally interconnected by a relatively heavy bar. The bar acts as a tie bar and causes movement of the eyes in unison. Due to its weight the bar also acts as a pendulum means and causes the desired vertical and horizontal oscillation of the eyes. The resulting weight is nearly as compact as the conventional tie bar, and consequently no special clearance is needed for bulky weights of the usual type, while the pivotal bearings obtained within the heavy tie bar are exceedingly satisfactory and fool-proof in operation.

Still another object of the present invention is to further simplify and reduce the number of parts needed for the present eye set, by combining the eye members and rearwardly extending arms which control the movement of the same. In preferred form the present invention employs substantially hemispherical shell-like eye members and rearwardly projecting arms extending from the same which are formed integrally out of a single piece of sheet metal. Here again the resulting simplification not only reduces the cost of the eye set, but increases the reliability of the same.

An exceedingly popular device for mounting movable eyes within a dolls head is an expan sion bridge which includes a central channeled portion andoutwardly movable tang plates frictionally slidable therein for mounting the bridge in the dolls head, the said bridge further being provided with forwardly projecting arms which are slotted for receiving the cross rod of an eye set, and cooperating with which there may be provided resilient means for urging the eye set into contact with the eye openings of thedolls head. An additional object of the present invention is to adapt the rolling eye. set heretofore considered, for use in combination with such an expansion bridge.

To the accomplishment of the foregoing and such other objects as will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in the rolling eye set elements and their relation one to the other as hereinafter are more particularly described in the specification and sought to be defined in the claims. The specification is accompanied by drawing in which:

Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken in the plane of the line 22 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken in the plane of the line 3-3 in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the rolling eye set separated from the bridge;

Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the cross support of the eye set; and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the eye members and gravity weight of the eye set.

Referring to Fig. l of the drawing, a dolls head 12 is provided with eye members 14 which are seen to be looking toward one side in the natural manner permitted by the use of rolling eyes. This desirable side to side oscillation of the eyes has heretofore been obtained by mechanisms such as are disclosed in Patent No. 1,433,901, issued October 31, 1922, to Samuel Marcus, Patent No. 1,779,439 issued October 28, 1930 to Samuel Marcus and Alexander Konoif, and copending application of Samuel Marcus, Serial No. 368,897, filed June 6, 1929, since issued as Patent 1,800,738, dated April 14, 1931 but is here provided for in an improved manner by simple mechanism which is next described in connection with Figs. 2 through 6.

Attention is now directed to Fig. 5 which shows a preferred form of cross support for the eye set. This support comprises a horizontal bearing portion 16 about which the cross support may oscillate, and vertical bearing portions 18 about which the eye members 14 (not shown) may swivel. The cross support further includes intermediate portions 20 which are bent rearwardly for a substantial distance and thereby permit the desired swiveling of the eye members 14 about the vertical bearing portions 18. With this construction no cutting away or slotting of the sides of the eye members is necessary, and consequently there is no danger of such slots showing when the eyes are moved fully to one side or the other.

The rearward bending of the cross support and the provision of the vertical bearing portions 18 are preferably accomplished in the manner shown,'by making the central or horizontal bearing portion 16 of the cross support out of a stub shaft or short length of cylindrical rod. The end bearing portions 18 and intermediate portions 20 of the cross support are each made out of a unitary piece of heavy sheet metal which is bent to a U-shaped configuration including sides 22 and 24 joined by the intermediate por-- tions heretofore numbered 20. The adjacent sides 22 of the U-shaped members are interconnected by the stub shaft 16, preferably by forcing the ends of the stub shaft through the sides 22. The outer sides 24 are suitably shaped to provide the upwardly and downwardly extending vertical bearing portions 18, as is clearly evident in the drawing.

Because of inaccuracies and nonuniformities in the location of the eye openings in a dolls head, it is desirable to provide for numerous adjustments of the eye members in order to properly fit the same to any particular head. One such adjustment is the spacing between or center to center distance of the eye members. To facilitate this adjustment the outer sides 24 of the U-shaped members are weakened, preferably by thinning the metal of the same at the point 26. (See, also, Fig. 3.) This makes it possible to move the vertical bearing portions 18 and the eye members mounted thereon a little nearer together or further apart in order to accommodate variations in this dimension of the dolls head.

Another desirable adjustment is a relative rotation of the eye members about a horizontal axis extending therebetween, i. e., the axis of stub shaft 16. This adjustment makes it possible to bring the eyes into apparent focus on a common horizon. If the eye members are provided with eye lashes, it also makes it possible to adjust the same so that the lashes will nest against the upper rim of the eye openings when the eyes are opened. Still another adjustment for which it is desirable to provide is a relative orientation or rotation of the eye members about a horizontal axis extending from the front to the rear of the head, that is, about the axis of the forwardly extending arms 24 in Fig. 5. This makes it possible to properly relate the fleshcolored part of the eye shell, or the eye lash if the eye shell is provided therewith, to the upper rim of the eye opening. To facilitate these adjustments the outer sides or forwardly extending arms 24 are weakened, preferably at the point 28, by greatly reducing the width or vertical dimension of the eye sets. (See, also, Fig. 2.) The arms 24 preferably extend forwardly beyond the axis of the vertical bearing portions 18, so that the point 28 of greatest constriction may be located in the vertical axes extending between the bearing portions 18 and in the horizontal axis of the stub shaft 16. It will be evident that with this construction the end bearing portions 18, together with the eye members, may be given a relative rotation about the axis of shaft 16, as well as a relative orientation about the axes of sides 24.

In order to keep the eye members in close contact with the eye openings, it is necessary that the spherical surfaces of the same be rolled about their true centers of curvature. It is therefore essential that the various adjustments heretofore described do not bend the cross support as a whole out of true and accurate alignment. The cross support is therefore made rigid in construction, firstly, by making the U-shaped sheet metal portions 22, 26, 2e out of heavy and relatively rigid stock, secondly, by forcing the same rigidly on the ends of stub shaft 16, thirdly, by facilitating the adjustments by weakening the outer sides 2% of the Ushaped members at the points 26 and 28, and feurthly and most importantly (though optionally), by providing each o the intermediate portions 20 of the cross support with depending arms 30 which intersect at the point 32 in V or Y relation. The U-shaped members and depending arms 30 may all be made out of a single piece of sheet metal, in which case it is merely necessary to make the arms 30 and the point of juncture 32 of sufficient width to hold the entire cross support rigidly in assembled relation. In the present case the ends of the cross support are shown made of separate pieces of sheet metal, and these are securely welded together at the point of intersection 32. This construction lends such rigidity to the cross support as a whole that the stub shaft 16 may, if desired, be relatively loosely mounted between the adjacent sides 22 of the U-shaped members.

It should be appreciated that the arms 32 may extend upwardly instead of downwardly. However, the downward construction is here illustrated and is preferred because it makes it possible to provide an additional adjustment, namely, the position of the eye members when fully opened. With this object in view the arms 30 or one of the same are provided with 2. depending foot 34. This foot rests against the front wall of the dolls head when the head is held in vertical position, so that the eyes are open. The arrangement is readily understood by inspection of Fig. 2 in which the foot 34 is shown resting against the material of the head 12. By bending the foot 34 in a forward or rearward direction the open position of the eyes is readily altered. This adjustment may be made after the eye set has been permanently mounted on the dolls head, it being merely necessary to insert ones fingers through the neck opening of the head when making the adjustment.

Theeye members and gravity weight system are shown separated from the cross support in Fig. 6. Each eye member 14 is provided with a preferably rearwardly and downwardly extending arm 40. The arms are pivotally interconnected by a relatively heavy bar 42. This bar acts as 'a tie bar or parallel bar for causing side to side or hori zontal oscillation of the eye members 14 to take place in unison. It also acts as a pendulum or gravity weight for initiating the desired swivel movement. Because of the distributed nature of the weight, the operation of the eyes is exceedingly smooth and the tie bar 42 is nearly as compact as though it were simply a tie bar. The thick metal employed for the tie bar 42 insures excellent bearing support for the ends of the arms 40, which increases the dependability of operation. (See Figs. 2, 3, and l.)

The eye members 14 are preferably stamped out of sheet etal, and the arms 40 may be provided integrally with the eye members in the original stamping operation. The bearing pins 44 at the ends of arms is may also be provided out of the sheet metal of the arms, in a manner clearly evident in Figs. 2 and i. The lowermost ends of pins e4 are provided with lugs 46 which are bent outwardly to retain the tie bar and weight 42 on the arms 40 and to hold the same in assembled relation. The eye members 14 are provided with holes 48 at the top and bottom thereof in the vertical axis of curvature. These holes receive the bearing portions 18 of the cross support and so hold the cross support and eye members in assembled relation, as is shown in Fig. 4. The eye members may be positioned on the cross support simply by forcing the same over the ends of vertical bearings 18, the natural resiliency of the eye members permitting the slight give which is sufficient to permit the same to pass over the ends of the bearing portions. This operation is facilitated by the downward bending of the portion 50 of arm 40 immediately adjacent the eye members. and may be further facilitated by bending the portions 52 of the eye members upwardly, as is shown in Fig. l.

It is important to note that the arms 40 preferably extend not merely backwardly from the eye members, but also downwardly for a substantial distance. With this construction the weight 42 also serves as a pendulum Weight for causing the desired vertical oscillation of the eye mem bers, thereby further simplifying the eye set construction.

The eye set as so far described may be mounted within the dolls head in any desired manner by supporting the stub shaft 16 near the front wall of the head and permitting oscillation of the same. It is preferably supported in an expansion bridge of the type illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. Because of its ruggedness and reliability, this bridge has attained wide popularity in connection with ordi- Leia nary vertically movable eyes, and the present eye set is so designed that it may be applied to and received by such a bridge without changing the bridge in any particular. This bridge is disclosed and claimed in my prior Patents Numbers 1,619,- 824 and 1,621,072, issued March 8, 1927 and March 15, 1927, respectively, and need not be described in detail here. Briefly considered, however, it comprises a central channeled portion in which there are mounted for frictional sliding movement tang plates 62. The latter carry prongs which are embedded into the side walls of the head and securely anchor the same in place. The central portion 63 of the bridge also carries forwardly projecting arms 64 the ends of which are slotted to receive the stub shaft or cross rod 16. The bridge is further provided with resilient means 66 for constantly but lightly urging the stub shaft 16 and consequently the eye members 14 into frictional contact with the eye openings of the dolls head.

To apply the eye set to a dolls head it is merely necessary to first position the eye set in the eye openings of the head, and thereupon make appropriate adjustments in order to fit the same accurately thereto. In most cases only slight adjustment will be needed, and in many cases none. The eye set is thereupon slipped into place on the bridge exactly as is the case when dealing with a non-rolling movable eye set. The bridge and eye set are thereupon positioned within the dolls head with the eyes in the eye openings, at which time the tang plates 62 are projected outwardly by a suitable tool or fixture, thereby securely mounting the eye set in the dolls head. The open position of the eyes may then need slight correction, in which case the depending foot 3 is bent slightly in the proper direction. It will readily be appreciated by those skilled in the art that these operations are fully as simple as is now the case when dealing with non-rolling movable eyes of the conventional type.

It is thought that the mode of constructing and and the many advantages of the rolling eye set here disclosed, will, for the most part, be apparent from the foregoing description thereof. The rearward bending or crank shape of the cross support makes it possible for the eyes to swivel, without cutting away or slotting the sides of the eye members. The eye set is provided for numerous desirable adjustments, and these adjustments are so facilitated, and the construction of the cross support is made so rigid, that the cross support retains its true and accurate alignment during the making of the desired adjustments. The mechanism of the eye set is greatly simplified by making the tie bar, the gravity weight for horizontal oscillation, and the gravity weight for vertical oscillation of the eye members, all a single piece of material. The construction of the eye members and operating arms connected thereto is further simplified by stamping the eye members and arms out of a single piece of sheet metal, while the ends of the arms are further shaped to act as pivots for connecting the arms to the tie bar and weight. The entire eye set is exceedingly compact, rugged, simple, and economical in construction, and is designed to be received by a conventional expansion bridge which has proved eminently satisfactory in use.

It will be apparent that while I have shown and described my invention in the preferred form, many changes and modifications may be made in the structure disclosed, without departing from the spirit of the invention, defined in the following claims.

I claim:

1. Ina rolling eye set, a cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing, end vertical bearings for the eyes, means interconnecting the end and central bearing located rearwardly of the same to permit swiveling of the eyes, and additional means rigidly joining the rearwardly set interconnecting means but spaced from and clearing the central bearing which also joins the interconnecting means, whereby the cross support is made rigid and strong despite its irregular shape and assembled construction.

2. In a rolling eye set, an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes may swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly in a horizontal plane for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a unitary piece of rigid sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including depending arms which intersect in Y shape and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, the depending foot of the Y being bendable to permit adjustment of the open position of the eyes.

3. In a rolling eye set, an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about whi h the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes may swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly in a horizontal plane for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a unitary piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent rearwardly to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft to form a rigid cross member and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said outer sides also being suitably weakened to permit relative adjustment of the vertical bearing portions without affecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

4. In a rolling eye set, an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes may swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly in a horizontal plane for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a unitary piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including arms which intersect in Y shape and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, and the outer sides of the U-shaped portions of the cross support being suitably wealtened to permit of relative adjustment of the vertical bearing portions without aifecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

5. In a rolling eye set, an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, and vertical bearing portions about which the eyes may swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly in a horizontal plane for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a unitary piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including depending arms which intersect in Y shape and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, the depending foot of the Y being bendable to permit adjustment of the open position of the eyes, and the outer sides of the U-shaped portions of the cross support being suitably weakened to permit relative rotation, relative orientation, and change in spacing of the vertical bearing portions, without aiiecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

6. In a rolling eye set, a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members, a relatively heavy tie bar pivotally interconnecting the said arms and acting as a tie bar and as the sole gravity weight for both vertical and horizontal oscillation, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate pontions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft to form a rigid cross member and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, the said outer sides also being suitably weakened to permit of relative adjustment of the eye members without affecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

'7. In a rolling eye set, a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members, a relatively heavy bar pivotally interconnecting the said arms and acting as a tie bar and gravity weight, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including depending arms which intersect in Y shape and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, the depending foot of the Y being bendable to permit adjustment of the open position of the eyes.

8. In a rolling eye set, a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members, a relatively heavy bar pivotally interconnec acting as a tie bar and gravi oscillatable cross support comprisi horizontal bearing portion about which th support oscillates, end vertical bearing portion about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprisin a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions furthe including which intersect and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, and the outer sides of the U-shaped portions of the cross support being suitably weakened to permit of relative adjustment of the eye members without affecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

9. In a rolling eye set, a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members, a relativeiy heavy bar pivotally interconnecting the arms and actas a tie bar and weight, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including depending arms which intersect in Y shape and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation, the depending foot of the Y being bendable to permit adjustment of the open position of the eyes, and the outer sides of the U-shaped portions of the cross support being suitably weakened to permit of relative adjustment of the eye members without afiecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

10. A rolling eye set comprising, in combination, an expansion bridge including a central channeled portion and outwardly movable tang plates frictionally slidable therein, slotted forwardly projecting arms for receiving an eye set, resilient means for urging said eye set into contact withthe eye sockets of the dolls head, and an eye set mounted on said bridge and including a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from. each of the eye members, a tie bar pivotally interconnecting the arms, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion carried by the bridge on which the cross support oscillates, vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions set rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members.

11. A rolling eye set comprising, in combination, an expansion bridge including a central channeled portion and outwardly movable tang plates frictionally slidable therein, slotted forwardly projecting arms for receiving an eye set, resilient means for urging said eye set into contact with the eye sockets of the dolls head, and

4 l g as a tie bar and gravity scillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion carried by the bridge on which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions set rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members.

12. A rolling eye set comprising, in combination, an expansion bridge including a central channeled portion and outwardly movable tang plates frictionally slidable therein, slotted forwardly projecting arms for receiving an eye set, resilient means for urging said eye set into contact with the eye sockets of the dolls head, and an eye set mounted on said bridge and including a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members,

a tie bar pivotally interconnecting the arms, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion carried by the bridge on which the cross support oscillates, end vertical portions about which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being intere stub shaft and the outer sides o e z b n g shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said outer sides also being suitably weakened to ermit relative adjustment of the eye members without affecting the accurate alignment of the cross support.

13. A rolling eye set comprising, in combination, an expansion bridge including a central channeled portion and outwardly movable tang plates frictionally slidable therein, slotted forwardly projecting arms for receiving an eye set, resilient means for urging said eyeset into contact with the eye sockets of the dolls head, and an eye set mounted on said bridge and including a pair of eye members, an arm projecting rearwardly and downwardly from each of the eye members, a heavy tie bar pivotally interconnecting the arms and acting as a tie bar and gravity weight, and an oscillatable cross support comprising a central horizontal bearing portion about which the cross support oscillates, end vertical bearing portions carried by the bridge on which the eyes swivel, and intermediate portions bent rearwardly for a substantial distance in order to permit swiveling of the eye members, the central bearing portion comprising a stub shaft, each end and intermediate portion comprising a piece of heavy sheet metal shaped and bent to a U-shaped configuration, the adjacent sides of each U being interconnected by the stub shaft and the outer sides of each U being shaped to form the vertical bearing portions, said sheet metal portions further including arms which intersect and hold the cross support rigidly in assembled relation.

ALEXANDER KONOFF. 

